Mostafa Kavakebian
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Mostafa Kavakebian is an Iranian reformist politician and representative of Semnan
Semnan County
Semnan County is a county in Semnan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Semnan. At the 2006 census, its population was 186,159, in 52,896 families, excluding those portions, the population was 150,066, in 43,323 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central...

 and Mehdishahr
Mehdishahr County
Mehdishahr County is a county in Semnan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Mehdishahr. It was separated from Semnan County in 2007. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 36,093, in 9,573 families. The county has two districts: the Central District and Shahmirzad District...

 at Parliament of Iran. He is a Ph.D. and professor of political science Allameh Tabatabai University
Allameh Tabatabai University
Allameh Tabatabai University , is a public university in Tehran, Iran, under the supervision of the Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology...

.

Early life

In 18 March 1963, he was born in Semnan. His studies until the end of his high school spent in Semnan. In 1982, he entered in Imam Sadegh University and Seminaries addition to courses of study end level undergraduate and Fvqlysans their political science from the University received. His 1376 Ph.D. in political science from the Tarbiat Modarres University received.The early Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

, a grassroots group to realize the views of Ayatollah Khomeini called "Al-Khomeinion" formed.

Political Activities

He is also Leader of Democracy Party
Democracy Party (Iran)
Democracy Party of Iran is an Iranian reformist political group that split from the Islamic Solidarity Party was created and is run by Mostafa Kavakebian.The party organ newspaper press is democracy....

 as a reformist party that he founded it in 2000. He was leader of Popular Reformist Coalition that to running on 2004 Iranian legislative election and 2008 Iranian legislative election
Iranian legislative election, 2008
Legislative elections for Majlis of Iran were held on 14 March 2008, with a second round held on 25 April 2008. Conservatives loyal to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were considered the victors of the election, at least in part because "all the most prominent" reformist candidates were disqualified...

. He is a member of Reformist faction in the Parliament. He founded Popular Coalition of Supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...

in the 2009 Iranian presidential election
Iranian presidential election, 2009
Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...

. Before he founded his party, he was the Deputy Leader of Unity Party
Unity Party
The Unity Party is the name of several political parties around the world, including:*Batasuna , a Basque political party in Spain linked to ETA, a group banned as a terrorist organisation by the Spanish government....

. He is also the Editor-in Chief of Mardomsalari Newspaper.
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